Playwright

poetical and lyrical language of the poor old woman was written by Yeats. When reading the play out loud in class we noticed the two different writing styles. The language of the play is Hiberno-English, which is Irish translated into English. The playwright has taken the grammar structures of Irish and morphed it…

Dattani-the playwright-has successfully portrayed the prevailing mind-set of the people of that time-time after independence-alongside with many other important aspects like male domination, sacrifice, generation gap, enforcement of dreams, dynamic faces of politicians and conflict between personal and professional lives. Patriarchal System of Family is what we see is prevalent here. The father-politician-Amrit…

Sam Shepard is the most prolific contemporary American playwright who has portrayed the true picture of American family in his plays. He has written about fifty plays and in all his plays American family is the central subject. The play Ages of the Moon is one act play. The play is not a direct representation of American family but it depicts postmodern family in America through the prism of how the lack of a traditional family tells upon the psyche of the people through the characters of Ames…

Whether we walk down the street or go shopping, we can easily observe how women are treated in society and compare it to the past. In the present, there has been a lot of progress from the past till now, women are given equal opportunities and equal rights, but in the olden days this wasn't always the case, back then society did not support women . Men were opposed to women having equal opportunities like men, they felt the need that women should be inferior to men.Without the support of…

Tartuffe Essay In seventeenth century France, all literature had to be approved by the King before it could be published. In the case of drama specifically, many playwrights had to write several versions before it could be approved, primarily because of its offensiveness, as it was in Moliere’s case. In his efforts to please King Lois XIV, Moliere weakened the overall message of his most famous play, Tartuffe. In Moliere’s earlier copies of Tartuffe, he originally made fun of religion. In David…

one hurdling towards his or her vaulting desires and the vigor entailed to do so. In conclusion, like a multitude of human impulses, ambition may grow vulnerable decadence emanating from cogent influence. In Shakespeare’s elegiac play Macbeth, the playwright epitomizes the dismal facet of the driving theme of ambition as noted by the aspiring king’s…

Women have expectations of men, as do men themselves. Men expect others to be tough, strong, they cannot be afraid or show any sign of pain; that is their definition of masculinity. Women define masculinity as a drive for power, based on their experiences. They do not feel powerful, but afraid and vulnerable (Kimmel, 149). Based on experience, women say that men are in power as a group. As their expectations vary, men do not consider having power, what women think makes a man masculine, as…

in a soliloquy. This means that the feelings that are being portrayed are just one’s thoughts being revealed aloud to the reader and no one else. Shakespeare became very well known for this technique which he implemented in most if not all his playwrights. This became a very powerful tool to inform the reader of any character intentions as well. In the story of King Lear we read “Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave my heart into my mouth” (Shakespeare 14) . Here he speaks to himself aloud but…

The Representation of Women in Katie Roche and Kathleen Ni Houlihan ‘There can be no free nation without free women’ (Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington) Discuss the representation of women in two plays on your course in relation to this statement. Women are represented in a poor manner in Katie Roche and Kathleen Ni Houlihan. Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington states, “There can be no free nation without free women”. (Kiberd) This statement is true and it also has a relation to the two Irish plays Katie Roche…

The True Man for All Seasons Throughout all spans of time society has exhibited the strange tenacity for assigning labels to anything and anyone. In most instances these affectations are frivolous, egotistical, unnecessary, or wholly misplaced. However, when assigning the singular title of “The Bard,” no such frivolity or error exists. William Shakespeare is The Bard, and a man who shines brighter than any other in the firmament of English literature. The stature of William Shakespeare is…